Relay Game

Inspiration

We had been an early adopter of the Amazon Echo and we hadn't done anything with since we had got it. So when I saw this competition I decided that I would create something for it.

What it does

This skill is a trivia game that involves the user saying a noun in a particular genre that starts with the last letter of the previous answer.

How I built it

I developed the Alexa skill as a Web API using Visual Studio 2017 and C#

Challenges I ran into

There were multiple challenges including 1) Properly handling the built-in Yes and No intents 2) Caching of session and its responses in memory to validate a city that was called earlier in the game 3) Developing and debugging code for request validation that was required for certification

What I learned

I learned how to create an Alexa Skill and host it as a custom Web API

What's next for the Relay Game

At the moment, the Relay Game skill only supports the genre of American cities. I plan on adding more genres, a hint feature, and a fun fact feature.

Built With

• .net
• c#
• mvc
• visual-studio
• webapi